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Tools
and Accessories to Flavour Cigarettes

This disclosure
relates to a series of accessories for optionally flavouring cigarettes.

Smoking
articles that contain added flavours, such as menthol, are known. It would be desirable to enable the user to choose
what flavour their cigarette has without the need to buy several packs of
flavoured cigarettes.

The solution proposed
is to incorporate cigarette flavourings into a separate consumable product that
can be applied either to the filter tip of the cigarette or directly to the
lips enabling the user to enjoy the flavour whilst using the cigarette.

The consumable
product may take the form of a cream, a lipstick, a lip-balm, a lip-gloss or
any other appropriate consumable product.
The product may be an emulsifying waxy or smooth and creamy texture.

Preferably, the flavourings are added to the consumable
product as a stable emulsion. This
emulsion may be prepared using the following composition and technique:

Quantity
(g)

Ingredients

100

Liquid
flavor†

80

Resinogum*

190

Instantgum*
(type of acacia gum)

630

Water

†Suitable liquid flavours
are available from Bell Flavors & Fragrances.

*Resinogum and Instantgum
are both available from Nexira.

The Resinogum
is dissolved into the liquid flavour to form a lipophilic phase. The Instantgum and the water are mixed at 50
°C to produce the hydrophilic phase; full hydration of the Instantgum is
required. Finally, the hydrophilic and
lipophilic phases are mixed using appropriate stirring equipment until
homogenised. This is then mixed with different
agents depending on what form the flavour product should take.

If the flavour
product is to be a cream then the flavouring is mixed with an emulsion of oil
and water. Creams are semi-solid
emulsions. Oil-in-water emulsions or
water-in-oil emulsions may be used.
Preferably, oil-in-water emulsions are used as they are typically less
greasy and more easily removed using water.
The oil may be any suitable oil or mixture of oils but may include,
olive oil, mineral oil, almond oil, castor oil or lanolin.

If the end
product is to be a lipstick or a lip-balm like product, then the flavouring is
added to a mixture of oil and wax. The
oil may be any suitable oil or mixture of oils and may include olive oil,
mineral oil, almond oil, castor oil, lanolin, cocoa butter, octododecanol and
petrolatumare. The wax may be any
suitable wax or mixture of waxes and may include beeswax, carnauba wax, ozokerite,
candelilla wax or japan wax. Typically,
the components are combined in the molten state, and are then cast into moulds
to cool and solidify. It is common to
re-melt the surface of the product by exposing it to a flame for about 0.5
seconds to create a shiny finish and to remove imperfections. An example of a suitable composition for a
lipstick is given below: